Bullseyed:Bullseyed: I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Let me clarify that: a non-Android phone or a Dell computer.

Considering Dell's penetration (heh heh... I said 'penetration') of the Enterprise market, their use of DellPCs could be excused by assuming they were purchased by the University. I also realize that mostUniversity professors have a great deal of latitude in their purchasing, but there is such a thing assuspension of disbelief.

DjangoStonereaver:Bullseyed: Bullseyed: I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Let me clarify that: a non-Android phone or a Dell computer.

Considering Dell's penetration (heh heh... I said 'penetration') of the Enterprise market, their use of DellPCs could be excused by assuming they were purchased by the University. I also realize that mostUniversity professors have a great deal of latitude in their purchasing, but there is such a thing assuspension of disbelief.

DjangoStonereaver:Bullseyed: Bullseyed: I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Let me clarify that: a non-Android phone or a Dell computer.

Considering Dell's penetration (heh heh... I said 'penetration') of the Enterprise market, their use of DellPCs could be excused by assuming they were purchased by the University. I also realize that mostUniversity professors have a great deal of latitude in their purchasing, but there is such a thing assuspension of disbelief.

Bullseyed:No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Software engineer here, one who has been developing mobile apps since 2006! (yes, before the iPhone). Having developed many apps for Android over the years during which I've gained quite a bit of in-depth knowledge of the OS I would't use one as my personal phone in in thousand years. Android is popular because it's cheap, not because it's good.

BorgDrone:Bullseyed: No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Software engineer here, one who has been developing mobile apps since 2006! (yes, before the iPhone). Having developed many apps for Android over the years during which I've gained quite a bit of in-depth knowledge of the OS I would't use one as my personal phone in in thousand years. Android is popular because it's cheap, not because it's good.

Little_Dictator:The main character of the show and his wife are rich white people. I don't find it even remotely a stretch to see them using high end electronic gadgets during a scene.

I do in home IT support for the richest of the rich in my city. Like you said, they all have multiple devices (desktops, laptops, phones, tablets etc) and they ALL use Apple. Rich people love their Macs! I also visit more "mainstream" clients from time to time, and they are the opposite. Lots of iPhones, but not many Macs.

Bullseyed: No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

I know several engineers that use iPhones. What are they missing out on in their engineering lives by not using an Android phone?

GameSprocket:Englebert Slaptyback: GameSprocketAmateurs! Eureka showed up how to do product placement:When was that screen cap taken? IIRC Cisco switched over to the current Fisher-Price logo in 2006 or 2007.Not sure. It may have been in the earlier seasons. They also did things like hold a shot on a stick of Degree for a few seconds at a time. It was pretty jarring.

And then there was that episode where they used Degree to keep themselves from igniting due to an artificial sun they'd created in a nearby field.

For anybody who hasn't seen it: I'm not joking. This episode was made and aired.

"Bones" is guilty of that as well - driving scenes in which the features of the car are part of the dialog. I find it more funny than anything else, especially when the writers have a little fun with it.

Bullseyed:Bullseyed: I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Let me clarify that: a non-Android phone or a Dell computer.

I work in IT and QA. I'd say 2/3 of the phones I see among my fellow geeks are iPhones, and about half of them use MacBook Pros as their daily drivers. Curiously, 80% of their tablets are Android.

/Typing on a MacBook Pro now, with an iPod Touch in my pocket, an Acer Android tablet next to me, and two Windows machines at my desk (one XP and one W7).

There's actually a company out there that does 'digital product placement.' They basically map a mask onto a scene and then let ads be added. IIRC, there was a rerun of HIMYM which had product placement for an product that came out after the episode was produced and sort of made people aware of this crap.

ProfessorOhki:There's actually a company out there that does 'digital product placement.' They basically map a mask onto a scene and then let ads be added. IIRC, there was a rerun of HIMYM which had product placement for an product that came out after the episode was produced and sort of made people aware of this crap.

It'd be sort of neat if it wasn't used for advertising BS. Link

You like if they were able to show the yardage for a first down line during a football game?

Some of the worse I've seen. They shoe-horn in a car scene and show off some feature which has nothing to do with the plot. I get the feeling the actors aren't keen on it by how flat their delivery is for those lines.

Some of the worse I've seen. They shoe-horn in a car scene and show off some feature which has nothing to do with the plot. I get the feeling the actors aren't keen on it by how flat their delivery is for those lines.

Even worse on "The Glades". Every episode, we get to learn what cool features are on whatever Kia that is being driven at any given moment.

Some of the worse I've seen. They shoe-horn in a car scene and show off some feature which has nothing to do with the plot. I get the feeling the actors aren't keen on it by how flat their delivery is for those lines.

A lot of the USA shows are pretty bad for that. Its not the worst ive ever seen, and i can forgive it because i generally enjoy the shows... but its pretty bad.

Some of the worse I've seen. They shoe-horn in a car scene and show off some feature which has nothing to do with the plot. I get the feeling the actors aren't keen on it by how flat their delivery is for those lines.

A lot of the USA shows are pretty bad for that. Its not the worst ive ever seen, and i can forgive it because i generally enjoy the shows... but its pretty bad.

"If youre trying to outrun the bad guys, you can do a lot worse than a Hyundai Genesis, with its tight handling it takes corners with ease, making quick work of any tail."

/you just read that in michael westens voice//even psych and red robin...

Usually this is because the showmaker/producer says "NO... We are NOT using Apple laptops this time." A good case in point was Matrix Reloaded:

This is nmap being used and an ACTUAL root exploit in play. Somebody said "NO, we aren't using fake Hollywood hacker BS!" and there you go. The sad part is that the terminals still look like they come from old Mac windows. Maybe I'm lucky and it's just Frameworks or something.

Bullseyed:I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Not sure if trolling, or just a gorp. We don't subscribe to petty hardware jealousy. We use what gets the job done.

TeDDD:Kinek: Nobody should ever be using more than one device. Now excuse me while I move my Kindle Fire, Laptop, Dual monitor set-up, projector, and phone and go get a drink of water to wet my whistle and continue my outrage on multitasking.

Is USA Network bad for that in general? Burn Notice often has fairly blatant vehicle placement, to the point where Michael Weston's "How to Be a Spy" voiceover exposition actually turned into a commercial during one episode.

"When you're trying to get away during a fast chase, you need tight handling and precise control, like what is featured in the new BrakeSmart (tm) Technology, found on a car like Our Sponsor's New Model.

If I could afford more devices, I would get all of those. And put them all on at the same time. JUST BECAUSE I CAN.

BorgDrone:Bullseyed: No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Software engineer here, one who has been developing mobile apps since 2006! (yes, before the iPhone). Having developed many apps for Android over the years during which I've gained quite a bit of in-depth knowledge of the OS I would't use one as my personal phone in in thousand years. Android is popular because it's cheap, not because it's good.

And here I thought it was because they got too old for you.I keed, I keed. Seriously though, at least iCarly used a made up brand for all their stuff. The Warehouse 13 Toyota placement is getting old. The first episode where Jinks joined the Warehouse actually had Claudia rattling off the features of the Prius Jinks was driving. The webisodes they made for the show are pretty obnoxious with product placement too.

ProfessorOhki:DjangoStonereaver: Bullseyed: Bullseyed: I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Let me clarify that: a non-Android phone or a Dell computer.

Considering Dell's penetration (heh heh... I said 'penetration') of the Enterprise market, their use of DellPCs could be excused by assuming they were purchased by the University. I also realize that mostUniversity professors have a great deal of latitude in their purchasing, but there is such a thing assuspension of disbelief.

ProfessorOhki:DjangoStonereaver: Bullseyed: Bullseyed: I haven't seen House of Cards, but the article reminded me of Big Bang Theory. They are always using iPhones and usually have some kind of Dell laptops. No engineer or physicist with a brain would be using a non-Android device.

Let me clarify that: a non-Android phone or a Dell computer.

Considering Dell's penetration (heh heh... I said 'penetration') of the Enterprise market, their use of DellPCs could be excused by assuming they were purchased by the University. I also realize that mostUniversity professors have a great deal of latitude in their purchasing, but there is such a thing assuspension of disbelief.

Didn't distract me at all. I've worked with lots of politicians and they all tend to have at least 3 phones. 1 for official business. 1 for unofficial business. 1 for family matters.

Sure, when you see the shot paused it's a little much, but I'd much rather some product placement done as low key as House of Cards than get interrupted with 2 minutes of advertisements for permacreate and feminine hygiene products every 5-10 minutes of programming.